A Roundup of Some of Today's DCish Items

Published: September 20, 2007, 8:31 pm

Tags: anonymity, commenting, dcblogs, dcist, local dc, localdc, tips, trolls pychos idiots spammers, trollspychosidiotsspammers, wtop

Filed under: General Mess, Blogging, Social Media MessSad to say, this is not a pre-scheduled entry -- I'm pretty far behind in my to-do list today:* WTOP Joins the Blogosphere: WTOP News Radio (your station for DC "traffic and weather on the eights") launched a gaggle of blogs on a variety of subjects, including traffic, gossip & sports. Is this merely a token hop on the blog bandwagon or will there be real value added to listeners? I have no idea -- we'll have to see. [via DCRTV.com]* DCist Changes Comments Policy: Hyperlocal blog DCist (part of the Gothamist blog network) updated their comment policy. Previously, anonymous comments were allowed, but those comments were displayed in light-gray type on a white background, so you had to work a little harder to read them. (Registered commenters' comments showed normally.) Now, their "guest" comments are hidden by default, and the DCist folks say they'll probably eliminate anonymous comments entirely at some point. Why? The cloak of

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